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• Wade Davis is a Canadian biologist, anthropologist and author. His work primarily involves the study of the customs and beliefs of indigenous cultures in North and South America. Davis is an opponent of globalization and works with many nongovernmental organizations on behalf of preserving indigenous languages and cultures.

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  1. Born: December 14, 1953 in West Vancouver, British Columbia
  2. Earned Bachelor's degrees in Biology and Anthropology as well as a Ph.D. in Ethnobotany from Harvard UniversityNational Geographic: Wad Davis, Antrhopologist/Ethnobotanist
  3. First published work: The Serpent And The Rainbow (1985)
  4. Developed the idea of the "ethnosphere," a version of the biosphere which is comprised of cultures instead of plants and animalsNRP: Interview with Wade Davis, On the Edge of Timbuktu, Radio Expeditions (May, 2003)
  5. Spoke at the 2008 Technology Entertainment Design Conference

• Adapted Novel

  His first book, The Serpent And The Rainbow, was adapted into a horror film by the same name in 1988. He has frequently distanced himself from the film adaptation,College of Education at Penn State: Keynote Speech: The Ethnosphere and the Academy which he alleges was very different from the spirit of his original bookTED: Speakers - Wade Davis: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist

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